Weeks after a cyberattack on UnitedHeath Group’s Change Healthcare unit crippled the processing of medical claims and prescriptions nationwide — and potentially exposed patient data — some lessons have emerged. First, the federal government and … [Read more...]

In another example of how the government turns to whistleblowers to help discover and shut down fraud it isn’t able to ferret out on its own, the Justice Department is launching a program this year that will grant monetary awards to whistleblowers … [Read more...]

The U.S. Department of Justice reported record False Claims Act numbers last month: $2.68 billion in recoveries from 543 settlements and judgments in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. And for the second straight year, these record numbers … [Read more...]

Companies that engage in conduct designed to avoid paying custom duties and charges are committing fraud against the federal government. And whistleblowers are often the only people who can alert the government that these types of frauds are … [Read more...]

The Supreme Court strengthened whistleblower protections in a unanimous decision this month, rejecting an argument that financial whistleblowers need to prove their employers acted with “retaliatory intent” to recover damages when they are fired for … [Read more...]

Are there too many False Claims Act cases? Not only do the numbers say no, but the inference by FCA opponents that whistleblowers are filing frivolous suits is misguided. First, let’s look at the numbers. Jacklyn DeMar of The Anti-Fraud Coalition … [Read more...]

At Keller Grover, we often see a surge of whistleblower reports after the new year. This can happen for a number of reasons. Sometimes people are fired or pushed out of a job toward the end of the year for speaking out about wrongdoing. Others may … [Read more...]

As 2023 wraps up, it’s worth a look back at what has been a defining year for whistleblowers. After the flood of pandemic-related stimulus money, 2023 saw a series of prosecutions related to misuse of those funds — brought to light by people who … [Read more...]

Keller Grover attorney Kathleen R. Scanlan joined Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Commercial Litigation Branch, Michael D. Granston, to discuss their views on whistleblower law and the critical role … [Read more...]

In June the Supreme Court issued an opinion that affirmed the government’s broad discretion to intervene after a whistleblower files a False Claims Act case, and move to dismiss the case against the whistleblower’s objections. Six months later, … [Read more...]